Watch the full show: Chinese is one of the hottest subjects in Kenyan schools; many upwardly mobile people are realizing the African dream; cell phones have revolutionized African life; and Rwandan students with laptops.
Worldfocus brings you stories from around the globe
Worldfocus has covered nearly 200 stories from virtually every country on earth. Watch our original reporting, including the Emmy-nominated series on rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo and, in a strikingly different side of Africa, Kenya's rising middle class.
Web original videos from Worldfocus
Our website offers original videos and multimedia from our producers and correspondents. Explore smoking rates around the globe and gay marriage legislation in our maps; take a virtual tour of the Roman underground; and watch a clip of an Iranian comedy about Siamese twins.
Behind the scenes in the Worldfocus newsroom
Worldfocus producers and correspondents offer unique insights into getting stories on the air for our broadcast, including battling the elements and adopting an animal found on assignment. They also tackle the issues and events that matter to them, from Turkish drama to climate change in Africa.
Perspectives from around the world
Our Perspectives section offers commentary and analysis from writers across the globe. We bring you the view from Morocco on threats to press freedom; a peek inside the shadowy world of North Korean informants; and thoughts on the new E.U. leader's penchant for haiku.
Worldfocus special edition: slices of life around the globe
Watch the full show from Friday, April 2. A special edition on slices of life around the globe: The passion for baseball in Cuba; rodeo in Brazil; indigenous Bolivian women sport bowler hats; glass-making in Hebron; wineries in Lebanon; and, the Czech tradition of mushroom-hunting.
At home with Moroccan champions
The El Gaara sisters, who live in Rabat, Morocco, are athletic champions who compete in Paralympics against other athletes with dwarfism. Their story came to the attention of Moroccan filmmaker Reda Fakhar, who used it as a window to explore the life of short people in his country.
Worldfocus special edition on 21st century Africa
Watch the full show from Thursday, April 1. A special edition on 21st century Africa: Chinese is one of the hottest subjects in Kenyan schools; many upwardly mobile people are realizing the African dream; cell phones have revolutionized African life; and Rwandan students with laptops.
Moroccan hip-hop group fuses traditional music with rap
During a reporting trip to Morocco last year, Worldfocus' Hoda Osman, Rebecca Haggerty and Megan Thompson met the members of hip-hop group H-Kayne. In this brief interview, the rap trio discuss their musical influences, including Moroccan traditional music such as Aissawa and Gnawa.
On the road in Mumbai with a Muslim female taxi driver
In "The Taxi Takes on Terror" project, freelance documentary filmmaker Vandana Sood set out last year to report from India's largest city through conversations with cab drivers. She meets a young Mumbai woman whose story is a surprising commentary on faith and fashion.
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